Re: [PATCH] KVM: irqfd: fix race between EPOLLHUP and irq_bypass_register_consumer

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 28.05.2018 13:31, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> A comment warning against this bug is there, but the code is not doing what
> the comment says.  Therefore it is possible that an EPOLLHUP races against
> irq_bypass_register_consumer.  The EPOLLHUP handler schedules irqfd_shutdown,
> and if that runs soon enough, you get a use-after-free.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@googlegroups.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/eventfd.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
> index 6e865e8b5b10..44dda5dad0ee 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
> @@ -402,11 +402,6 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
>  	if (events & EPOLLIN)
>  		schedule_work(&irqfd->inject);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * do not drop the file until the irqfd is fully initialized, otherwise
> -	 * we might race against the EPOLLHUP
> -	 */
> -	fdput(f);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS
>  	if (kvm_arch_has_irq_bypass()) {
>  		irqfd->consumer.token = (void *)irqfd->eventfd;
> @@ -421,6 +416,11 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
>  	}
>  #endif
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * do not drop the file until the irqfd is fully initialized, otherwise
> +	 * we might race against the EPOLLHUP
> +	 */
> +	fdput(f);
>  	return 0;
>  
>  fail:
> 

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb